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Re: [1.7] HOME directory is always /tmp
I downloaded setup-1.7.exe this morning from the Cygwin.com web site.
It says version 2.6.3.4. The file details are:
-rwx------+ 1 reisert Domain Users 545792 Jun 29 13:22 setup-1.7.exe
It appears to be the same file that I downloaded on 6/25.
- Jim
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C<jjreisert@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> I had been running 1.7 in my \cygwin-1.7 directory.
>
> I decided to clean up this morning and created a \cygwin directory
> using setup-1.7.exe to re-load all my stuff (gcc, emacs, X server,
> etc.). ?I renamed the old 1.7 directory to cygwin-1.7.old so it
> wouldn't be "in the way".
>
> Everything is working properly, EXCEPT my home directory isn't right.
> ssh and ncftp are *both* using /tmp as the home directory.
>
> I have not changed my Windows XP "HOME" environment variable from
> C:\HOME (which was working before). ?I have not changed my ~/.cshrc
> file (xterms find this file just fine). ?I did change CYGROOT from
> cygwin-1.7 to cygwin. ?I've rebooted the PC a couple of times.
>
> CMD.EXE says:
>
> ? ?HOME=C:\Home
>
> My xterm says:
>
> ? ?HOME=/cygdrive/c/Home
>
>
> I do not understand why ncftp and ssh are suddenly both having
> problems with HOME.
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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